Sketching the concept with a pencil, Pierre-Luc Arseneau from CNCcraze.com draws the ships hull with riveted panels and the gears inside representing the engine. Knowing this will be 3D carved on his CNC machine, Pierre precisely draws each rivet and gear to look similar to a ship relic from the early 20th century.

Pierre scans the drawing, imports the file into Corel Draw and begins to trace his artwork creating the vectors. After creating the digital render for both the exterior aluminum hull and the underlaying wood gears, he opens the file with ArtCam to create and simulate his tool paths. Now that the digital file is prepared for cutting, he transfers the file to a portable USB drive and inserts the drive into his CNC machine. Pierre will insert his tools and center his X, Y and Z axis before making his initial cut on his General® iCarver CNC machine.

Note: Oil is used for extended tool life and to reduce flying chips in the workshop.

Step 5. Using Minwax wood finish stain color Espresso brown No. 273, Pierre uses a small painters brush to apply the stain into the deep relief carvings. Pierre then uses white pastels to provide a distressed look to the wood, clear coats it, glues the aluminum on top and then shapes the aluminum with pliers to look like the hull of a ship was torn open revealing the ships engine. Amazing!

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